Anytube

Anytube

Appassionata

5.0

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Drama

1984-01-14

145 mins

The Plot

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

Cast and Crew

Yûko Natori

Yûko Natori

Tsuya Shimamura

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Kunihiko Mitamura

Kunihiko Mitamura

Aki Mizusawa

Aki Mizusawa

Shima Shimamura

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Sei Shimamura

Mieko Takamine

Mieko Takamine

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Ayako Kobayashi

Ayako Kobayashi

Sei as a girl

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Sei's uncle

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Midwife

Shingo Misawa

Shingo Misawa

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Ryoichi Kusanagi

Ryoichi Kusanagi

Ken'ichi Nagira

Ken'ichi Nagira

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Tokuko Miura

Tokuko Miura

Naoji Iwata

Naoji Iwata

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Neighborhood lady

Kojin Tokuda

Kojin Tokuda

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Kojirō Kawanami

Kojirō Kawanami

Kōjiro Shirakawa

Kōjiro Shirakawa

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Gorō Ōki

Gorō Ōki

Michiko Tsujima

Michiko Tsujima

Tsuyako Okajima

Tsuyako Okajima

Mitsue Wakabayashi

Mitsue Wakabayashi

Sei's grandmother

Kayoko Tominaga

Kayoko Tominaga

Kura Shimamura

Mieko Hoshino

Mieko Hoshino

Neighborhood lady

Aki Sawa

Aki Sawa

Neighborhood lady

Mayumi Tokunaga

Mayumi Tokunaga

Neighborhood lady

Tankurô

Tankurô

Junichi Hosokawa

Junichi Hosokawa

Mayumi Eda

Mayumi Eda

Waitress

Katsuko Ōkawa

Katsuko Ōkawa

Keiko Nanase

Keiko Nanase

Girl

Yuka Monma

Yuka Monma

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

Postman

Momiji Yamamura

Momiji Yamamura

Yoshiki Yamada

Yoshiki Yamada

Shintarō Mibu

Shintarō Mibu

Shunji Kotani

Shunji Kotani

Rantaro Mine

Rantaro Mine

Michihiro Kinoshita

Michihiro Kinoshita

Rickshaw man

Yasushi Amaeda

Yasushi Amaeda

Makoto Asai

Makoto Asai

Rickshaw man

Hiroyuki Sugaya

Hiroyuki Sugaya

Sozaburo Yoshimi

Sozaburo Yoshimi

Kozo Kotani

Kozo Kotani

Etsuko Ichihara

Etsuko Ichihara

Narrator (voice)

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

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